caption — 英語辞典

名詞

1. The descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.

2. A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.

   例文

   Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.

3. A piece of text appearing on screen as a subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast, describing dialogue (and sometimes other sound) for viewers who cannot hear.

   例文

   (theater, performance production) By analogy, text in a similar system used in a performance venue for transcription of a live event.

4. The section on an official paper (for example, as part of a seizure or capture) that describes when, where, and what was taken, found or executed, and who authorized the act.

5. A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).

   用法

   • 廃語

   例文

   その他の例文 (1)

   1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378). The caption and asportation must be felonious.

6. A story that is embedded in a pre-existing image (sometimes with image manipulation)

   用法

   • Internet

動詞

1. To add captions to a text or illustration.

   例文

   Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.

2. To add captions to a film or broadcast.

名詞

1. taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument

   上位語

   exception

   例文

   a mere caption unworthy of a reply

2. translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen

   同義語

   subtitle

   上位語

   translationinterlingual renditionrenderingversion

3. brief description accompanying an illustration

   同義語

   legend

   上位語

   title

動詞

1. provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

   上位語

   supplyproviderenderfurnishoffer